Lead Development Lifecycle Engineer, Canonical

• You have a strong experience in engineering and process management in an agile environment
• You love developing and growing people and teams and have a track record of doing it
• You have led successful compliance and certification efforts, understand well the process and stakeholders management required
• You have knowledge or certification addressing industry standards such as ISO IEC 9001, 25010 and 15504 / SPICE
• You worked on successful open source projects known for their demonstrated engineering processes

Desirable

• The purpose of this role is to bridge Canonical’s open source engineering processes with regulated technology platform requirements both in terms of compliance and certification
• Together with engineering leadership, you will define and implement continuous improvement processes and establish qualification requirements to support engineering quality standards
• You will also establish strategic relations with external working groups, committees and partners
• You will report directly to our Vice President of Engineering Excellence and work closely with company-wide engineering leadership to define and execute this vision
• Implement the vision and strategy for Engineering Excellence
• Represent Ubuntu and Canonical in front of customers, partners and consortia to support our demonstration of excellence
• Coordinate, guide and positively influence Canonical engineering ways of working
• Develop skills through coaching, feedback and hands-on technical leadership
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices
• Help develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
• Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
• Work from home with international travel twice a year, up to two weeks at a time, for company events